Use of free oral mucosal graft for treatment of feline eyelid agenesis in seven patients.

Veterinary Ophthalmology
Christi WarrenShelby Reinstein

Abstract

To describe a simple and effective surgery for feline eyelid agenesis. Free oral mucosal grafts were harvested from the upper lips of the surgical patients. A recipient bed was created by incising the conjunctiva at the conjunctival-skin border and opening a space in the tissue with blunt dissection without removal of tissue. The free oral mucosal graft was sutured into the space with simple continuous suture pattern of 7-0 Vicryl. Eyelids were cosmetically acceptable at final examination, and areas of coloboma appeared less prominent. Patient comfort was improved in all subjects as subjectively noted by decreased blepharospasm. All grafts were successfully incorporated. All patients developed brown-colored crusting over the grafts within days of the surgery, which gradually resolved over a 4- to 6-week period. Three of seven patients developed few trichiatic hairs at the donor-recipient junction, and two of these patients had follow-up cryoepilation. For feline eyelid agenesis, free oral mucosal graft implantation was successful in creating space between fur and cornea with insertion of smooth-surfaced, hairless tissue, alleviating the discomfort of hair contacting the cornea. The extra tissue can also create a small overhang ...Continue Reading

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